Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1904–1907

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council at the election of 1 June 1904, up to the election of 4 June 1907.[1] As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1902 election with terms expiring in 1907, while the other half were elected at the 1904 triennial election with terms expiring in 1910.

The Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 defined 17 Provinces with two members each,[2] with one member for Public and Railway Officers Province making 35 members total.

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
NamePartyProvinceExpiry DueTerm in Office
John AikmanNationalistMelbourne West19101904–1916; 1916–1922
William BaillieuLiberalNorthern19101901–1922
James Balfour
East Yarra19071874–1913
James Drysdale BrownNationalistNelson19071904–1922
William CainNon-LaborMelbourne19101903–1910
James C. Campbell
South Eastern19101895–1910
Edward Crooke
Gippsland19101893–1922
Martin Cussen
Northern19071904–1907
Henry Cuthbert [a]NationalistWellington19101874–1907
John Mark Davies
Melbourne19071889–1895; 1899–1919
William EmblingNationalistSouthern19101892–1912
William Edgarnon-LaborMelbourne West19071904–1913; 1917–1948
William EvansLaborPublic & Railway Officers
1904–1907; 1907–1914
Nicholas Fitzgerald
Southern19071864–1908
William Blair Gray [b]
Bendigo19071901–1904
Thomas HarwoodNationalistSouth Western19101899–1912
Hans Irvine [c]Non-LaborNelson19101901–1906
Willis LittleNationalistNorth Eastern19071903–1916
Thomas Luxton
Melbourne South19071903–1911
Duncan McBryde
South Eastern19071891–1896; 1901–1919
John Y. McDonald
Wellington19071898–1917
Adam McLellanLaborMelbourne East19071904–1917
Walter ManifoldNationalistWestern19101901–1924
Donald Melville
Melbourne North19101882–1919
Edward Miller
East Yarra19101893–1913
Thomas PayneNationalistMelbourne South19101901–1928
William Pearson Jr.
Gippsland19071896–1916
William PittLaborMelbourne East19101891–1910
Joseph Pratt
North Western19071889–1907
Richard ReesCountryNorth Western19101903–1919
Robert Ritchie
Western19071903–1907
Arthur Sachse
North Eastern19101892–1920
Joseph SternbergNationalistBendigo19101891–1928
Francis Stuart
Melbourne North19071904–1907
Henry WrixonNon-LaborSouth Western19071896–1910

Henry John Wrixon was President; Nicholas Fitzgerald was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Cuthbert died 5 April 1907; replaced by Frederick Brawn in May 1907.
[b] Gray died 26 July 1904; replaced by Joseph Henry Abbott in August 1904 who died 10 November 1904; replaced by Alfred Hicks in December 1904
[c] Irvine resigned September 1906; replaced by Edwin Henry Austin in October 1906.

References

  1. "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
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